2.8 ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9
- 2016: 2.8
- 2021: 2.8
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Norton Summit · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Norton Summit
How families and households are made up across the area.
More people now live in each home in Norton Summit than in the past. This is a place where large households are common, with a typical home holding 2.8 people, which is a little above the national figure.
2.8
▼ -3.4%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Norton Summit — higher than 76% of areas.
| Norton Summit | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| 5136, SA | 2.8 |
| South Australia | 2.4 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than in most areas, which helps explain why only 14% of people live alone—a figure far below the 25.6% national average. Most households contain two people (35.2%) or three people (20.7%).
14.0% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →In Norton Summit, the largest group is 2 people at 34%, followed by 3 people (20%) and 4 people (16%).
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the bulk of families here at 64.9%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for only 8.7%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 14.8%.
8.7% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Norton Summit, Couples with children is the majority at 64%; Couples without children is next at 24%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Norton Summit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41052/norton-summit/topic/family-households